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...this," said one top New York Kennedy man, "we will weaken Rockefeller's presidential chances in '64." But if the party is torn asunder for two or three more years, we might very well lose the state-and the election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York: Kicking the Tiger's Teeth | 1/13/1961 | See Source »

...Belgium has a distinctly revolutionary, antimonarchical flavor. Baudouin and bride heard none of this as they stepped out of the plane at the airport. "Vive le Roi! Vive la Reine!" cried the small welcoming delegation. Then, under heavy escort, their limousine bore the royal couple through the riot-torn city to the palace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Belgium: Empire Poverty | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

...largest hotel in Europe. It will contain 3,400 air-conditioned rooms, four lobbies, two cinemas, a concert hall, a shopping center and a 300-car garage. Structures surrounding the monster hotel will be reconstructed to fit its monolithic architecture. Buildings of "little value'' will be torn down to make a new square...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: New Monsters | 1/6/1961 | See Source »

President Charles de Gaulle last week spoke to France and to riot-torn Algeria. His prose had a misty imprecision but, as usual, had a throb of grandeur about it. In the first of three radio and TV appeals for a "frank and massive" yes in the Jan. 8 referendum to his plan to give self-determination to Algeria, De Gaulle warned the Europeans of Algeria that their dream of transforming Algeria into a province of France and Moslems into proper Frenchmen was dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Algeria: Plea for the Possible | 1/2/1961 | See Source »

...Like New York night life itself, all this looks better from a distance. From the back of the huge room, the show seems gay and sexy, but when seen close up, the picture dissolves into the depressing details-forced smiles, smudged and sweating faces, bruises under torn net stockings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGHTCLUBS: The Birds Go There | 12/26/1960 | See Source »

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